Panama Canal

Panama Canal

We arose early and went out in the rain for a couple of hours to see the ship cross through the Gatun Locks to enter the Panama Canal. We have learned a lot about the canal on this trip and about all the obstacles that the United States had to overcome to build the canal. It is pretty amazing. The passage fee for our ship to go through the canal is $350,000.00. That is a lot of money that Panama is making. The jungles of Panama are green and gorgeous and we are having a great day here. We are docking in Colon Panama this afternoon for a couple of hours where we can post these pictures and check our email. They warned us to not go outside of the cruise terminal because the crime is very high there and their idea of being kind to tourists is to let you keep your memory card when they mug you and take your camera. We will be keeping our day non-adventurous and will stay in the terminal. It is amazing to be sitting on the deck close to the equator and be surrounded by green and know that back home we have snow on the ground and walking outside feel s like walking into a freezer. It is nice to have all the seasons where we live but it is also nice to have the ability to borrow someone else’s season sometimes too.
Dave took some awesome pics of the Panama Canal. I will have to post them when we get home because the internet here Is way too slow. He is starting to get bored because he is also taking pictures of all the power scooters on our ship. We decided that if you lined them up they could reach from bow to stern of the ship. Did I mention that we are kind of young for this cruise bunch? My parents would be the spring chickens on the ship too.
Bon Voyage